Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Edward Hopper Office in a Small City painting

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And the Prophet asked: "What didst thou see?" Khalid spread his arms. "Nothing," said he. "Then thou hast not destroyed her," the Prophet cried. "Go again, and complete thy work." So Khalid returned to the fallen temple, and there an enormous woman, all black but for her long scarlet tongue, came running at him, naked from head to foot, her black hair flowing to her ankles from her head. Nearing him, she halted, and recited in her terrible voice of sulphur and hellfire: "Have you heard of Lat, and Manat, and Uzza, the Third, the Other? They are the Exalted Birds . . ." But Khalid interrupted her, saying, "Uzza, those are the Devil's verses, and you the Devil's daughter, a creature not to be worshipped, but denied." So he drew his sword and cut her down.
And he returned to Mahound in his tent and said what he had seen. And the Prophet said, "Now may we come into Jahilia," and they arose, and came into the city, and possessed it in the Name of the Most High, the Destroyer of Men.
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How many idols in the House of the Black Stone? Don't forget: three

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